No doubt this has happened to you. You’re riding in a car, you reach your destination, and then it’s time to take off your seatbelt and exit the vehicle. Which is all fine, except, if you happen to be wearing a headset connected to your phone while in route. more often than not, the wires of the headset get tangled in the seatbelt, and it looks like Stretch Armstrong is trying to materialize out of the tangled mess before you get things straightened out without breaking the fragile wires.

This Headset’s Here to Save the Day!

I present for your perusal and approval the InnLife Bluetooth Headset
this is on sale for $22.49, and normally retails for $59.99. It comes with rubber tips if you want to put those over the plastic tips that look very similar to apple’s earpods.

What do These Buttons Do?

There are 3 buttons on the headset, along with a tiny rubber cover that protects the charging port from dust and debris. the headset does come with a little micro-USB cable for charging. It takes 4 hours to charge fully. There are lights to indicate the charged/battery status.

The buttons, starting from the bottom, and going to the top:

Power, (hold for 3 seconds or so to turn on. The headset will beep, and say, “power on”. After you pair it via the normal pairing procedure, will say “connected” and beep again. Double tapping this button will re-dial the last person called, pressing once will play/pause content.

A Great Addition to your iPhone Toolkit

This headset looks a lot like Apple’s earpods, and sounds just like them, too! Music has a great amount of base- especially for being packed into a bluetooth headset. the battery/mic/buttons are on the right side- just like the earpods. there is a clip on the left side, which can be clipped to a shirt collar if desired. You can check the battery status in the status bar, and you should get a good day’s use out of it, maybe longer depending on your specific situation.

No doubt the word phablet has entered every day vocabulary among the general population. The larger screen allows not only for more precise on-screen navigation, but also provides an opportunity for more content and video to be viewed.

On some phablets, such as Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5, a stylus is included which can detect not only precise finger movement, but also pressure in the form of greater line thickness. For professionals, artists, and general consumers alike, this provides the ability to write with handwritten notes or drawings. A picture’s worth a thousand words, or so they say.

What about other stylus advantages? Samsung has built a special “hover” gesture, which allows swiping and various screen actions without touching the physical phone. This is similar but very, very different from Apple’s 3D touch. The reason we make this comparison is simple: Some air gestures can preview content or interact with it in contextual ways. However, it is worth “noting” that 3D touch requires a firm press on the screen, while this is the opposite, whereby you lift the stylus half an inch above it.

What about accessibility? Lucky for us, Samsung has built in Talkback support for the stylus. While not ideal, it allows you to swipe around the keyboard, tap items or keys, and see a more “3D” overview of the screen. With a physical stylus, your entire wrist and hand are involved in the touch exploration process. Drawing might also be useful for those who have some vision, as you can create large-print notes for yourself. Join as the question is explored: Is the Note 5’s stylus capability worth it for the visually impaired?